today i made four posts, including this one….all right here on “road trips”….normally, i would have spread them out over the other sections…most of you want me to go to one blog…..so, i will try it…well, two…i want to leave “student work” as is…but, most of my posts will go on “road trips” for at least the next week to see how it goes…so, pretend that “work in progess” and “friends/family” do not exist…gotta keep ‘em up until i see how this works and can save the material we have written….
so we will see how you like everything posted right here….a test…..to see if you actually read stories which are “at the bottom”….this means i will always be reading and keeping “alive” the top four stories or so…let me know please if this works for you….if i have not made all of your suggestions “come true”, it is simply because we cannot make it technically happen….but, we are working on it….
David, Manos Skoulidas informed today about the problems with the blog… I can probably offer a solution or actually do what you need, but what is it exactly the blog isn’t doing that you need it to do. Just to give my credentials I’m also a web programmer not just designer, I’m sure you have experienced IT people so just throughing it out there… ryan@ryansharif.com
David,
I’ll be reading however you decide to post–but a single feed makes it easier to follow.
You probably don’t recall after “Divided Soul” came out I told you I was disappointed that it wasn’t more “school-book”. I’m not sure you understood my meaning then: that a career spanning book like that should contain career spanning insights–as a guide to less experienced photographers.
Your excellent blog has provided many of the career insights and your shared experiences that I hoped would be in your books or workshops that I attended with you. Thanks.
Although it may seem to run counter to the nature of a blog I’m suggesting that at some point you edit the content from this forum into a book format. Either paper or electronic would work but there is too much good insight and fun stuff here to let it slip into digital oblivion at the bottom of the postings pile.
Cheers,
Thomas
Here what “MANOS” suggests for breakfast:
THOMAS…
yes, i have been thinking, and many others here have been thinking too, about a book from this journal….i am sure it will come…
i do not think Divided Soul would have been a good place for “how to…”…there is a place for and there are good books that absolutely do that…but , in general, a workshop is a workshop and a book is a book and a blog can be a workshop and a book!!!!
it has been terrific i think that we have stayed in touch all these years….and many thanks for your comments….very helpful indeed….
cheers, david
SORRY DAVID, THOMAS AND EVERYBODY.. PEOPLE PLEASE WATCH THIS:
I hate missing things; I never used to want to go to bed, because something might happen in the livingroom. Therefore,
I am totally pleased that everything is on this one blog.
BOB – I’m counting on you showing up in SD this summer.
ANYBODY live in Austin, TX?
Ciao
Michael
David;
Sam Abell’s book “The Photographic Life” is my idea of an excellent career retrospective book with lots of professional insight.
I can’t see you doing a book like that–any time soon–because retrospectives require that you stop or at least pause your forward motion and spend time looking back.
Based on our acquaintance, you David are like a shark. Sharks have to keep constantly moving forwards or die. You are more driven by the excitement of the new project or next days shoot–not trying to find meanings after the fact.
I’m eager to hear more about the new project ideas that you ‘teased’ us with last week.
Keep on swimming (shooting),
Thomas
Thomas, William Albert Allard’s “The Photographic Essay” is another good example of a “school book” for photographers. Out of print, but can be found second-hand.
MICHAEL SHAPIRO – I live in Austin. There are a few of us here. Can we help with something?
THOMAS…
i see myself as much much more of a sea turtle..swimming/floating for a long time in open seas with few enemies….hmmmmm, “shark” seems a bit voracious and they have very cold eyes, but that is your call amigo…but, you do have the rest of it right…
NICK and THOMAS…
yes, Allard’s book is another great book in that genre..there is a big difference in those two books/photographers…Sam Abell did “The Photographic Life” and then ended his own photographic life !!! Allard did “The Photographic Essay” and then proceeded to do many many more….
KELLY..
i have never been to Austin…can’t seem to get invited…say hola, howdy to Lance….i miss you guys…
cheers, david
PANOS…
i like that DMX video…did you ever think of music video??? seems like the medium would totally FIT you!! and multi-media is THE future in terms of photography as communication…maybe as art too…
cheers, david
David:
it’s cool with me: this new format…like reading the nytimes :))…i just go to the front page and jump around, jump around, jump around from there :))….
david alan harvey as a seaturtle :))))))))….that’s fucking brilliant :)))))))))))))….
i should add this too, when i read the NatGeo post this morning, i had a major dejavUU…i’d had a dream about that, this blog, u, 5 years ago (no shit, happens to me often, and i dreamed of marina before i met her)..freeky shit, like that….
keep um commin’ (but 4 in one day is alot of computer time ;)) )…
it’ll keep me shut up :))..
running
b
BOB and ALL
i like it one way and maybe not in another….i am still worried that it is confusing where/when to comment…for example, when i posted the Che story i got 40 comments in the first hour and a half…that is a lot for mid sunday afternoon….so, i posted the Natgeo story…sure enough, comments on Che stopped immediately…there are now four stories to comment on and there seems to be a lot of crossover….does this confuse you, or is all ok???
cheers, david
david:
doesnt confuse me…but I think it’s kind a natural…people get excited about a topic and then when a “new” post comes up, it shifts the flow to that…i think it’s less to do with confusing than probably what is normal for people: like tongues to sugar, we gravitate to what is “hot”…’cause people always want to be “where the action is”…:)))…same phenomenon happens at ls too ;))
ok, running to catch the subway…
b
HAHA Panos thanks for bringing back the memories of my dawg DMX haha! Even though I’m a metalhead now, I will always love DMX’s first two albums! Bark Bark!
It’s the nature of blogdom that when a new post appears at the top of the scroll, comments will cease on the other posts–everyone is looking for the current action, as Bob says. So you have to be careful not to feature new posts until you are satisfied that the old ones have run their course.
David, you might note that in your Typepad interface, when you are posting, you can change the time at which your post is published–you can set it to appear in the future (instead of immediately). So when you have limited time at the computer, you can write your post, save it, and then have it published 12 hours later.
By the Posting Status button (just above and to the left of SAVE , there is a drop-down menu. Change the status to PUBLISH ON (instead of PUBLISH NOW), set the time in the future, and then click on SAVE. Your post will go live at the time you set.
Helpful when you will be away from the computer for a few days.
I seem to be checking only the latest post for comments. Are the others being posted to simultaneously?
KELLY, I’m planning a short trip to Austin to meet with a couple people after I get done in Fayetteville, probably first full week in May. Trying to get the lay of the land. I’ve never been there before.
Ciao,
Michael
Nick;
I’ve also read “The Photographic Essay” and agree it’s great. It’s part of a series by “American Photographer”. In that sense it’s more about Allard than by him. Great never the less.
David:
If you haven’t done a post under the topic “Friends and Family” about Sam Abell then he’s due. His career raises some interesting topics for all of us about the photographic life”.
During the seven years since I first did a workshop with you I have had some long spells of inactivity in my shooting….some voluntary, some not.
How important is your photographic life to life your life in general?
Is commercial success important to living the photographic life?
Is
hi david,
how’s things, good i hope. i like the old system – four separate areas, each with their own subject area. it makes things much easier to follow. and it’s no great effort to go from one area to the other; its only a click of a mouse. easy.
take care
jason
MICHAEL – Send me an email with your questions and I’ll give you the run down – kellylynnjames@gmail.com
DAVID – You are now and ALWAYS invited to come to Austin and stay with us. We have no beach here so I wasn’t sure it you’d be interested. :)
david.. amigo.. it was good to meet your friend karen in new orleans.. she thinks very highly of you.. seems to be a pattern. hey come on down to Austin.. between now and june is a great time to be here, after that it’s HOT.. but, we’re ready for the green flag to the DR, too.. how’s that shaping up? peace..
David,
Works for me. After all, this is how most blogs work and some people may post three or four posts a day. Important that you keep using your categories though.
Cheers
PRESTON , WHY DO YOU ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO CHEAT ON US???
NO….!!!!!!, DAVID… SHOULD POST REAL TIME… SPONTANEOUSLY… LIVE, LIVE, LIVE….
OR, NOT AT ALL….
PRESTON SAID:
“… David, you might note that in your Typepad interface, when you are posting, you can change the time at which your post is published–you can set it to appear in the future (instead of immediately). So when you have limited time at the computer, you can write your post, save it, and then have it published 12 hours later.
By the Posting Status button (just above and to the left of SAVE , there is a drop-down menu. Change the status to PUBLISH ON (instead of PUBLISH NOW), set the time in the future, and then click on SAVE. Your post will go live at the time you set.
Helpful when you will be away from the computer for a few days.
Posted by: Preston | February 11, 2008 at 09:08 AM…”
No cheating… please… either BE there or BE NOT!
peace
Panos, I agree that real-time blogging is a good thing, but the audience for this blog is spread across every time zone of the world. It doesn’t really matter when David posts. But we would all like to see regular postings, not letting several days go by if David is off a junket or in some place that does not have an internet connection.
David, a bit too much going on for me to stay updated. On another topic, I really like the direction the gallery webpage is taking. Starting to check the singles right now.
Hasn’t anyone here every heard of RSS??? David can have 100 blog pages and you can stay up to date… Use your email client like Thunderbird, office 2007, mac mail app, google reader, etc come on oldies rss had been around for years now
SINGLES LOOK GORGEOUS! :)))
CONGRATULATIONS Y’;ALL! :)))…some very strong and beautiful work :)))…
that’s quite a site ya’ll….very humbling indeed :))
cheers
bob
DAVID, we’re getting a pretty fun group of people together for the summer’s festivities. Just thought I’d let you know.
WHOEVER MISSED IT THE FIRST TIME -
michael@photonphotos.com
Still have room for a few more.
Michael
nice to see the livebook site really evolving, although I just think its incredibly vital to have the text with the image sets. just wondering why that has not been part of the site so far.
also the names of the single shots, that seems incredibly important.
anyway, great to see the new work and Davids work.
thanks again
ps. also prefering to keep all the new posts on one channel, interesting stuff some times getting missed, but not this way.
A bit late but funny thing about Sam Abell’s book “The Photographic Life,” one of my favorite photos in it was by … guess. Hint: father’s and sons.
SINGLES: NOW WE’RE TALKING! First series is superb, some great work all around, even mine looks good, for Godsake!!! :-))
I dunno, you “singles” guys must have done an awful job with your essays, because I just find myself a lot more excited than with the essays chosen first. Really getting a lot out of it for my own practice, that I did not entirely, a month ago.
Wish we could see this in book format.
Tom,
Could this be what you’re talking about?
http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0202/abell36.htm
wrobertangell,
tap on IMAGE INFO at the bottom of the site to find names + descriptive text. perhaps this wasn’t there when you looked, but it’s there now.
Michael K., that was fast :))
[affecting Elvis' voice] Thank you…thank you very much!
I’m going to put my vote in for going back to the 4 sections of the blog. Then I know I only need to check the top post on each rather than reading down 2 or 3 or 4 posts to see if there are new comments. My quick two cents.
DAVID,
Just got back from LA and leave in the am for Santa Fe. My life is starting to look a little like yours! I LOVED Alex and Rebecca and got a lot out of my time with them. Hope they have a good report for you tomorrow at dinner :))
BTW, THEY are starting a blog!
I have not had the chance yet to look thru the singles but can’t wait to do so. I notice there is nothing posted from me…perhaps you’re not done yet? Like Wrobert I would NEVER want you to post photos of mine out of any sense of “obligation,” only if you feel they are good enough but since you did say…
“i did pick 6 or 7 of your images which will be posted to the blogsite soonest” I thought it was worth mentioning in case they were somehow forgotten. Again, if something has changed and they didn’t make the cut, DO NOT WORRY about it. It was certainly not my best work.
For what it’s worth I showed only a few images to Alex and Becky that I submitted to you… #18, #30 and #31 they liked a lot. I’ll be curious to see if they are among the ones you selected (if any)
Thanks.
Quickly…
Michael S…
1.Becky did not know your friend.
2. South Dakota sounds GREAT but I will probably be moving into the new/old house in Santa Fe right about then…hopefully.
If there is any chance for me, the later the better.
Panos…
I’m sure you know this by now but I was the out of focus one in Ryan’s shot. In person I’m much more in focus :)) Funny that happened since I am always the one complaining about out of focus images!
Whoever has been asking about getting a group together for the LOOK festival??? I can’t go back and look right now to see who it is…I’d LOVE to go to that. I’ve got a friend who lives in CVille but again, I think this year moving is pretty much taking over all travel plans. How about next year? :))
David,
About the site…I would suggest not posting four items at once.
I have read all your comments and have no problem posting on items that are not at the top…I just don’t have anything to say about them at the moment!
I see however that if we are not “all together” in one place with longer times between posts there can be some…what to call it???…”lack of focus” ???
MICHAEL K, SAID:
“…Tom,
Could this be what you’re talking about?
http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0202/abell36.htm
Posted by: Michael Kircher | February 11, 2008 at 08:26 PM…”
cool Michael, cool!… cool photo, too… bravo, to the photographer…
peace
well, PRESTON, if you put it this way… i AGREE.. with you!
CATHY ,,,… welcome back , from the DEAD… kidding…
So what is the “TRUTH” about Alex Webb…??????
HERVE SAID:
“…I dunno, you “singles” guys must have done an awful job with your essays, because I just find myself a lot more excited than with the essays chosen first. Really getting a lot out of it for my own practice, that I did not entirely, a month ago.
Wish we could see this in book format.
Posted by: Herve | February 11, 2008 at 07:56 PM…”
HERVEEEEEEE,
i thought i was the BITCH… bitching in here… but with the above.. comment ?
bitch please…!
you bitching more than me…?
dont you know, that they are 12 and 13 year olds out there reading all that… bitch please, stop bitching like me…
lol… love you Herve… you got the “nerve”…
peace
DAVID SAID TO US…:
“… and multi-media is THE future in terms of photography as communication…maybe as art too…
cheers, david
Posted by: david alan harvey | February 11, 2008 at 07:34 AM…”
DAVID… READING YOUR WORDS ABOVE… TELL US , PREDICT
THE FUTURE.. OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE NEXT 100 YEARS…
I KNOW YOU KNOW THE ANSWER… IS SOME KINDA WICKED
“VIDEO Technic.. or TREND-STYLE-FASHION- any way you wanna call it…
Are we gonna see MAGNUM PHOTOGRAPHERS IN THE FUTURE WITH VIDEOCAMERAS… OR VOICE RECORDERS TO CREATE INSTANT PODCASTS… OR WHO KNOWS THE NEW TECHNOLOGY YO COME…
DAVID, MAESTRO… PLEASE ANSWER US,… IS THERE A NEW “FORMAT”…COMING IN THE WAY…
OR WE WILL KEEP THINGS “SEPARATE” AS ALWAYS… SORRY I MEAN AS “WE USED TO”…?
CAN YOU PREDICT THE WEATHER?
CAN YOU?
ONE LAST QUESTION: IS LEICA GOING TO BE AROUND IN A 100 YEARS?
DAVID, be honest!
#8, #30, #31……
—
Hey, Cathy, it all sounds like a private aparte to David, it’s a bit frustrating to be on the outside of it, having #s to see instead of the real pix.
Also, more generally, one should never put one’s work down publicly, as if it (the work) mattered little. I am sure there was something in these shots, or the essay, that meant actually enough to you to send as anything but “certainly not your best work”. By writing so, it’s yourself that you put down. Undeservedly.
There is one instance when it’s OK to say it was not the best. When you get the top accolade! :-))))
HERVE,,
AND ALL PLEASE WATCH THIS :
“FEMME FATALE”- VELVET UNDERGROUND:
I’ll make a prediction… Leica will always remain like apple, a niche market.., and as long as there are walls and people to look at them photographs will survive… I do believe the future of photography maybe will be seen on LCDs exclusively… The Japanese government is funding a multimillion dollar commercial venture to develop 30 megapixel screens… If you’ve ever seen your photos on a big screen LCD you’d be amazed, but still photos express a moment in time that we want to remember… If the Russians do acheive time travel, then photos will die. Hey poustraka I’m posting at 10pm how ’bout that!
Here’s my question, when are you going to have a little papadoupolis, so you can be running around LA looking for a store that’s open that sells baby formula!!!!
SO SPEAKING OF VIDEOS AND MUSIC:
PANOS HAS ONLY ONE SUGGESTION…: “TRY HEROIN”…
please dont get me wrong… actually let me “LET” the doctor
below to explain all the “why you should add “HEROIN”.. on your regular everyday diet… AND DONT YOU DARE SKIP A DOSE!
PLEASE CHECK ONE ONE OF MY FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPHERS OF ALL TIMES…
LADIES AND GENTS, PLEASE WELCOME … MR NEW YORK..HIMSELF:
LOU REED… yes Lou Reed, Nico, the Velvet Underground…Andy W.
please click below:
You see Ryan, in my age , i might need “BABY FORMULA” soon …
I feel the “middle aged” dracula, coming at my door…
I, by the way… just bought a brand spanking, cherry red ,
GT, mustang bitch… with the shaker500… on it…
I will race your 1000mpg TOYOTA PRIUS… DOWN IN PCH…
ANYTIME,… I AM PROUD TO PRESNT MY 12 FULL OF AMERICAN PRIDE “MILES PER GALLON”…
people.. please buy FORD, buy american,
please help us out… “Recession, over here… WAR over there..
o.k… SO, RYAN, PREDICTS NO PAPER….(will be replaced by LCD’s)
people… ( i already know that Michael K. will agree with Ryan on this…)
what do you think???
Will it be the day soon that will be no paper… NO MORE?..FEEL ME?
DAVID , PREDICTIONS PLEASE!
Thats what Paolo Pellegrin does….He “sniffs” the next war,…
I really “love” this guy…
HERVE,,
AND ALL PLEASE WATCH THIS :”FEMME FATALE”- VELVET UNDERGROUND:
————————-
Oh Panos,my boy, PLEASE WATCH?, you gotta be kidding! I was there, for crissakes! 1972, Bataclan, Paris. Big fan of the V.U. then, see my link!
In any case, thanks, and how about the king of all troubadours, Panos. May I?:
AND PEOPLE LET’S SAY GOODNIGHT with a video that works better than a single picture… vary rare… usually the opposite is the “fact”
Come on now, if you love MAGNUM, then you would easily accept that a single photo could easily “include” a whole video…
I agree… but look at this
‘exception”, below… and goodnite!
Damn Herve !!!!( OR SHOULD I SAY): Mr Experience!!)… you have seen and heard A LOT…
KEVIN AYERS… HMMMM!